Quoting Post Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic how do people on welfare Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] Quote: from [m]oh hi[/m] at 8:00 pm on June 19, 2012[quote] people who rattle their brains thanks to drug abuse get disability welfare which is like $1200 a fortnight here. bit pathetic really[/quote] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post oh hi Posted at 7:30 pm on June 19, 2012 manage to dress in designer brands, carry expensive phones and live lavishly? i'm actually not understanding this at all. either they're cheating the government and lying about other income ot they're all in insane levels of debt. note: we are talking about australian welfare and not america cause everyone's broke in america, no matter what

Replies JennyColada Posted at 10:22 pm on June 19, 2012 Funny, because during this recession I got offered multiple jobs without even applying, I got many raises, and have a better salary (and position) than before the recession. Definitely helps to have good connections and not have to help on luck of the draw. MorningStar Posted at 10:16 pm on June 19, 2012 Quote: from Anonymice at 8:27 am on June 20, 2012 It's EBT, not food stamps you idiot. And you can't sell them anymore. At least, it would be some what difficult sense It's a card, and if you were caught shit would get real, real fast. If you were caught doing what?  What I get on my EBT every month is just over a week's worth of food to use over a month.  Sometimes I send someone on an errand to buy something with my EBT card and as long as they have my PIN they're sold the item, even though I'm not present. And to answer the original question but only using the United States as an example, people on welfare at least in this state of New Mexico manage do have nice things because they're probably also working a home-based job, not reporting it, and collect their welfare check.  Extra jobs because the welfare doesn't really pay a reasonable amount to live on, and for tax purposes. No one can tell me here in the U.S. what I can or cannot use welfare money or social security money for once it's deposited in my account.  That being said, a lot of us do spend it on guns, drugs, and liquor (the luxuries), and use a day job for paying for day-to-day living. birdman101 Posted at 9:27 pm on June 19, 2012 Quote: from oh hi at 12:25 am on June 20, 2012 one american proved wrong by another american. excellent. it all depends on geographic location...i live in the middle of fucking nowhere.so theres no work within any driving range...im just one of the rare cases. oh hi Posted at 9:25 pm on June 19, 2012 one american proved wrong by another american. excellent. birdman101 Posted at 9:20 pm on June 19, 2012 Quote: from Aero360 at 10:39 pm on June 19, 2012 Quote: from oh hi at 10:30 pm on June 19, 2012 ] note: we are talking about australian welfare and not america cause everyone's broke in america, no matter what This is an incorrect statement. In America, we're all on our cell phones, expensive laptops with high speed Internet, watching HD TV, eating at nice restaurants and drinking semi-expensive alcohol, and going, "omg we're so broke." Ridiculous.  People just "feel" stressed about the economy, even though life, at least for most people I know, is very well.  And people just seem to complain about small, mundane and irrelavent things. I don't know a single person who's actually been hit THAT hard by the current economy.  We had to cut back on coffee, ooooh so terrible its killing me. i went from taking in about 2400-3200.00/month to 0.00-300 a month. and i rarely see 300.00 . theres no work here. i even applied at mcdonalds... Anonymice Posted at 8:57 pm on June 19, 2012 It's EBT, not food stamps you idiot. And you can't sell them anymore. At least, it would be some what difficult sense It's a card, and if you were caught shit would get real, real fast. justbadnews Posted at 8:48 pm on June 19, 2012 im broke? news to me. oh welllll idk about in australia, but in the U.S. people just sell their foodstamps and shit. classyyyyy DarkAlasdair Posted at 8:22 pm on June 19, 2012 Quote: from oh hi at 11:02 pm on June 19, 2012 do give me a history lecture on how america is relevant to australia. we were founded by the british. As were we, but an American(s) also invented the internet. oh hi Posted at 8:02 pm on June 19, 2012 do give me a history lecture on how america is relevant to australia. we were founded by the british. DarkAlasdair Posted at 8:00 pm on June 19, 2012 Even if we're all broke, you should thank America, you wouldn't be on this here today if it wasn't for us. oh hi Posted at 8:00 pm on June 19, 2012 people who rattle their brains thanks to drug abuse get disability welfare which is like $1200 a fortnight here. bit pathetic really Silico Posted at 7:58 pm on June 19, 2012 Luckily in the U.S. people on Welfare are being required to take drug tests. Funny that this came about after the U.S. started making companies drug test their employees. Working people couldn't do drugs, but lazy welfare could. Areola Posted at 7:58 pm on June 19, 2012 who even lives in Australia? who even cares about Australia? nobody yay America. we want for nothing. something Australia will never be able to say, awh DarkAlasdair Posted at 7:56 pm on June 19, 2012 Quote: from oh hi at 10:52 pm on June 19, 2012 so you make $0 a year. what your dad makes is irrelevant, you are broke, broker then the people on welfare. i don't know where you're getting that crazy incorrect foreign exchange rate, not even close. not to mention 99.9 percent of the time our dollar is higher then yours. I know that your dollar is worth more, it's why the value of what we get went down instead of up... and I got it from http://www.xe.com/ucc/ . Your a fuckin ass, hope you know that. oh hi Posted at 7:52 pm on June 19, 2012 so you make $0 a year. what your dad makes is irrelevant, you are broke, broker then the people on welfare. i don't know where you're getting that crazy incorrect foreign exchange rate, not even close. not to mention 99.9 percent of the time our dollar is higher then yours. Most recent 15 of 24 previous replies displayed.